Reminiscing about Microsoft’s early days, Gates said Altair BASIC was the company’s «original source code,» predating iconic products like Windows and Office. While he went on to.
In a nutshell: Microsoft, founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in April 1975, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. To mark the occasion, Gates has released the source code he and Allen wrote for the Altair 8800 – dubbed Altair BASIC – which became the company’s first product.
Reminiscing about Microsoft’s early days, Gates said Altair BASIC was the company’s «original source code», predating iconic products like Windows and Office. While he went on to write plenty of code for Microsoft in the years that followed, Gates holds Altair BASIC especially close to his heart, calling it the «coolest code I’ve ever written.
